Christine Gilbert: 5 books
Mother Tongue
My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
One woman’s quest to learn Mandarin in Beijing, Arabic in Beirut, and Spanish in Mexico, with her young family along for the ride.
Imagine negotiating for a replacement carburetor in rural Mexico with words you’re secretly pulling from a pocket dictionary. Imagine your two-year-old asking...
by Michelle Willingham, Amanda McCabe, Christine Merrill
Language: German
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: March 17, 2017
DIE UNANSTÄNDIGE DUCHESS von MCCABE, AMANDA Melisande will endlich frei sein von den Fesseln der Gesellschaft. Ein Skandal soll ihr helfen, London für immer zu verlassen! Doch dann trifft sie den faszinierenden Lord Sanbourne … NIMM MICH, MEIN WILDER HIGHLANDER! von WILLINGHAM, MICHELLE Der verwundete...
Policing and Race in America
Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the...
L'aventure en 10 dissertations - Prépas scientifiques 2017-2018
Homère - Conrad - Jankélévitch
Language: French
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Le programme 2017-2018 de français-philosophie des concours des Grandes Écoles scientifiques porte sur L’aventure dans les trois œuvres suivantes :
• L’Odyssée, Homère
• Au cœur des ténèbres, Joseph Conrad
• L’Aventure, l’Ennui, le Sérieux, Vladimir Jankélévitch
L’épreuve...
Composing Apartheid
Music for and against apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Composing Apartheid is the first book ever to chart the musical world of a notorious period in world history, apartheid South Africa. It explores how music was produced through, and was productive of, key features of apartheid’s social and political topography, as well as how music and musicians...